Louis Waldenburg (31 July 1837 – 14 April 1881) was a

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physician. Waldenburg was born in Filehne, Posen. He graduated from the

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(M.D. 1860). After a postgraduate course at

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he established himself in

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as a specialist in chest and throat diseases. From 1864 to 1868 he co-edited the ''Allgemeine Medizinische Central-Zeitung'' ''(General Medical Center Newspaper)''. In 1865 he earned the title of

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. From 1868 until his death he edited the ''Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift'' ''(Berlin Clinical Weekly)''. In 1871 he was appointed assistant professor, and in 1877 department physician, at the

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hospital in Berlin. Among Waldenburg's many works: * "De origine et structura membranarum, quæ in tuberculis capsulisque verminosis involucrum præbent," a prize essay at the University of Berlin, 1859. * "Über Blutaustritt und Aneurysmenbildung, durch Parasiten bedingt" ("Blood Leakage and Aneurysms Caused by Parasites"), in ''Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie'', 1860. * "Über Structur und Ursprung der Wurmhaltigen Cysten" ("Structure and Origin of Worm-Containing Cysts"), in ''Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin'', 1862. * ''Lehrbuch der Respiratorischen Therapie'' ''(Textbook of Respiratory Therapy)'', Berlin, 1864 (second edition 1872). * ''Die Tuberkulose, die Lungenschwindsucht und Scrofulose'' ''(Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Consumption and Scrofulosis)'', Berlin, 1869. * ''Die Pneumatische Behandlung der Respirations- und Circulations-Krankheiten'' (''Pneumatic Treatment of Respiratory and Circulatory Diseases''), Berlin, 1875 (second edition 1880). Waldenburg died in Berlin on 14 April 1881.

Works

* ''Handbuch der allgemeinen und speciellen Arzneiverordnungs-Lehre : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der neuesten Arzneimittel und der neuesten Pharmacopoeen'' ''(Manual of General and Special Drug Prescription, with Special Focus on the Newest Drugs and Pharmacopoeias)''. ** 7. Aufl. / der Arzneiverordnungslehre von Posner, Louis und Simon, Carl Ed. Berlin : Hirschwald, 1870
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. **8., neu umgearb. u. verm. Aufl., Berlin : Hirschwald, 187
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External links

* ''Jewish Encyclopedia''
“Waldenburg, Louis”
by Isidore Singer & Frederick Haneman (1906). {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldenburg, Louis 1837 births 1881 deaths Prussian physicians People from Wieleń People from the Province of Posen German pulmonologists Humboldt University of Berlin alumni